How to make git print paths with back slashes instead of forward slashes in a Windows console

Question

Is it possible to make git print back slashes instead of forward slashes when it prints out paths in a Windows console? I'd like to be able to copy the paths that it outputs and paste it into my future console commands.

Example output:

C:\vna>git status
On branch herpderp
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/herpyderp'.
Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

    Java/HerpDerp/src
    Java/HerpDerp/src/main/java/com/derp/messaging/
    Java/HerpDerp/src/main/java/com/derp/controller/event/
    Java/HerpDerp/src/main/java/com/derp/controller/domain/
    Java/HerpDerp/src/main/java/com/derp/controller/monitor/


nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

Instead of

Java/HerpDerp/src/main/java/com/derp/messaging/

I'd like to see

Java\HerpDerp\src\main\java\com\derp\messaging\

or even

Java\\HerpDerp\\src\\main\\java\\com\\derp\\messaging\\

Edit: I should have clarified that this was for working with git in a Windows console. Also, it seems the correct answer for my case is to use Git Bash.

Answer 1

I know it's a little old, but you can use environment variable substitution to replace the / with \ or \\:

C:\> SET FILE=Java/HerpDerp/src
C:\> ECHO %FILE:/=\%
Java\HerpDerp\src

C:\> ECHO %FILE:/=\\%
Java\\HerpDerp\\src

C:\>

To take it a step further, you can write a batch file that does it for a command that outputs a bunch of paths: (git diff --name-only HEAD~1 in the following example)

SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
FOR /F "usebackq delims=" %%i IN (`git diff --name-only HEAD~1`) DO (
  SET FILE=%%i
  ECHO !FILE:/=\!
)
ENDLOCAL